The weather on Thanksgiving can be highly variable - typical of the weather in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. Extreme temperatures, winter weather, and rain have all occurred on Thanksgiving Day in the past. On average, the high temperature is 56° F and the low temperature is 30° F. However, temperatures have been as cold as 6° F and as warm as 81° F. Most Thanksgivings are also dry, despite an average rainfall of 0.01". The most rainfall ever observed on Thanksgiving is 0.57". Although the average snowfall is 0.08", this is skewed by a 7.0" total - the most ever measured on Thanksgiving.

Warmest Thanksgiving high temperature: 81° F on November 25, 1965
Coldest Thanksgiving high temperature: 10° F on November 27, 1919
Coldest Thanksgiving low temperature: 6° F on November 27, 1919
Warmest Thanksgiving low temperature: 53° F on November 24, 1966
Wettest Thanksgiving: 0.57" on November 26, 1931
Snowiest Thanksgiving: 7.0" on November 26, 1931
Number of times with rain on Thanksgiving: 21 times out of 119 years (17%)
Number of times with snow on Thanksgiving: 11 times out of 119 years (9%)

The Last Time It Happened On Thanksgiving

Temperature of 56° F or higher: 75° F in 2012
Temperature of 30° F or lower: 17° F in 2010
Rainfall: 0.07" in 2008
Rainfall total of 0.10" or higher: 0.57" in 1931
Snowfall: Trace in 2003
Snowfall total of 1.0" or higher: 7.0" in 1931